Closet flange



INVENTORQ ATTORNEY.

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Patented Aug. 3, i926.

UNITED s'rrss a EDWARD W. N. BOOSEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CLOSET FLANGE.

Application filed August 28, 1924. Serial'No. 734,625.

This invention relates/to closet flanges utilized' in connecting a closet bowl or similar fixture with the drain pipe, and the object of the invention is to provide a flange for the purpose stated permitting a ready connec tion of a closet bowl with the drain pipe which may vary as to the position of the upper end relative to the floor surface, and further to provide a construction in which a member is provided adjustable longitudinally of the drain pipe to receive the horn of the closet bowl and carrying an adjustable flange by means of which the bowl may be fixedly secured to the piping. Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable member to accommodate different lengths of horns for the closet bowls and providing-a packing between the horn and the drain connection to prevent leakage be- These and other objects and the several novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and the preferred -r01-m of construction of a deviceembodying my invention is indicated in the accompanying drawings in which- V Fig. 1 is a vertical section showing the lower end of the closet bowl and my improved construction of closet flange.-

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing an alternative form of the adjustable packing enga ed by the horn of the closet bowl.

loset bowls and some other plumbing fixtures are usually provided with what is termed a horn which projects into the discharge iping and this horn varies in length being sometimes what is termed a long horn and again are provided with what is termed a short horn, the practice varying in different parts of the United States as to this feature as building codes of various cities vary considerably in the requirement for the connection of plumbing fixtures with discharge piping.

In Fig. 1 1 have shown the usual discharge piping l which has a threaded upper end to receivemy improved flange 2. This consists of a substantially cylindrical memher having a threaded lower end to engage the piping and a threaded body portion indi- 'cated at 3 and terminating with an upper flange a offset relative to the body providing an annular recess 5 for a lead packing. Threaded into the body is a cylindrical ring member 6 and on the threaded exteriorof this member is provided the threaded flange Twhich is adjustable thereon. This flange is provided with the usual slots and apertures to receive the attaching bolts 8 by means of which the flange 9 of the bowl may 50 be fastened to the adjustable flange 7.

In building construction, the piping is usually installed previous to the finishing of the floors, and therefore the main body 2 of my flange is positioned and the surface of this finished floor is above the upper flange end 4 of the said body. By use of the ring member 6, which is threaded in the body, this discharge end may be raised to above the level of the floor (the floor line being indicated at 10 in Fig. 1), and the adjustable flange? may be varied thereon so that the bolts 8, onbeing turned up properly, bind the closet flange 9 to the floor surface. Thus, byuse of the adjustable ring and the adjust-able flange thereon, my improved flange mayaccommodate a considerable variation -in the positioning of the piping relative to the floor line. This is one of the principal objects of the invention to secure a construc- 30 U011 in which the installation of the main pipe may be made without necessity of .closely positioning the same to the exact .level occupied by the floor surface subsequently laid. Further, by threading the body 8, the piping may be readily plugged after installation for the purpose of testing,

and this plug would remain in position until the installation of the plumbing fixtures preventing accumulation of debris in the piping. The flange member and the adjustable flange may be of any approved material as for instance brass while the member 2 may be of wrought iron to receive the cast iron piping 1. v

A feature of this invention is in the manner of providing a tight joint between the member 11 having an inner peripheral flange 12 as shown in Fig. 1. This member 11 being threaded in the member 6 is adjustable longitudinally of the piping to position to engage the lower end of the horn 13 of the closet bowl. The recess formed between the member 11, flange 12, and born 13 on the one side and the ring member (Son the other side may be filled with cement or the like to prevent possibility of leakage. Further, the upper edge of the ring 6 may be beveled as indicated at 14 to receive a packing ring of any approved form, and the adjustment of the member 6 in the member Qand: the ad justment of the flange 7 relative to the member 6 enable the packingvtobetightly bound between the point 14' and the closet bowl. Oftentimes a different type'of' packing is used-in=the form of a flat ring like member which may lay on the flange 7, andthis adjustment with themembersfi and Genables aI tightjoint to be made betwveen the closet bowl and the flange'l'.

As before stated, the adjustment ofthe member 11 enablesmy improved flange to be utilized with various types of closet bowls and lengths of horn, it only being necessar-y-to position the member 11 so that, upon installation of the bowl end of the horn practically engagestheiflange 12.

In Fig. 2, the parts are substantially identical" with the exception of the ring 11 which does not have the upwardly-extending flange 12 as in the first instance but has a Hat upper surfaceto receive a rubber or compressiblering 15: Thisring 15 has the sheet metal brass ring 'lfi'therewithin, the outer diameter of which, isslightly less than the inner diameter of the ring- 11*. Thus, with this arrangement the ring 11 may be approximately positioned and the packing ring '15 dropped thereon and, the closet bowl positioned, the, hornto a greater or less extent compressing the member 15 andcarryingthe ring member 16 downward within the ring 11*; This forms'an efficient packing-between the adjustable'ring and the horn and the interstice indicated in 2 at 1'7 and'may also be filled with a cement. In other respects thestructures of Figs. 1 and 2 are identical.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that my improved closet flange is adapted uniformly for use with various types of closet bowl and accommodates-variations in height of floor surfaces relative to-the dischargepiping as is above more'particularlydescribed; and that the-various objects of the invention are secured by a structure that is simple and inexpensive inform and of al character enabling it to beadjusted to meet the various inaccuracies: arising in the installation of thepiping.

Having thus: briefly described my. invention, what-I claim is-.

member fitting the tubular body adjustable longitudinally thereof, a flange carried at the inlet end of the cylindrical member for attachment to the closet bowl base, said cylindrical member being internally threaded, a ring in threaded engagement with the cylindrical member, a compressible packing of ring-like form supported on the ring and having a sheet metal tubular member loosely fitting therewithin, the tubular member being of less diameter than the ring whereby, whenthe closet bowl is secured to the flange, the horn thereof engages: the packing supported on the adjustable ring.

2. In aflange for-connecting aiclosetbowl to a discharge conduit, a tubular member having associateditherewith in the interior airing adjustable longitudinally of the axis ofthe body toward-or from the-horn of the bowl projecting thereinto, a compressible packing ring supported on the adjustable ring'and engaged by: the end of the horn when the bowl is secured tothe body,- said compressible ring having mounted. therewithin, and: a sheet metal tubular member less in external diameter than the internal,

in the base surrounding the horn, ofaflange in therecess, meansfor securingthe flange therein, the said flange having a central threaded aperture, an externally threaded sleeve withthe exterior of which the flange is in threaded relation and within the end.

of which the horn extends, a discharge fittingin threaded relationwith the sleeve. a ringmember in threaded relation witht-he interior of the sleeve, and a packing between the ring and-the end of thehorn.

4:, The combination with a: closet bowl having a base, adischarge orifice, ahorn and a recess surrounding the horn, of a. flange located in the said recess and having a central threaded aperture for the hornand; a fitting connected therewith comprising an internally threaded body, a sleeve externally th'readed'to fit the body at oneend, thevopposite end extending into the recessin threaded engagement with the flange aperture, and into which the horn extends, a ring in threaded relation internallyof the sleeve, and! a packing held in engagement with the end of the horn by the-said ring.-

5. The combination with a closet bowl having a base, a horn andarecess about the horn,.of a flange located in the recessof the base, means for attaching theflange to the base, said=flange havinga central internally threaded hub and a fitting for connection with the bowl comprising an internally flange hub, said sleeve being internally threaded body adapted for attachment to threaded, a ring within the sleeve in thread- 10 a discharge conduit at one end and at the ed relation therewith, and a packing between opposite end having a recess for the hub of the end of the horn and the ring.

the flange, a packing in the recess, a sleeve In testimony whereof, I sign this specifiexternally threaded for engagement with the cation.

fitting and having an end extending in the recess in threaded engagement with the EDWARD W. N. BOOSEY. 

